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Get a Life

TV·1990–1992·2 seasons, 35 episodes·FOX·Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy·30m·Created by Chris Elliott, David Mirkin, Adam Resnick

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Surreal, twisted and hilariously funny, Get a Life is the ultimate anti-sitcom. Chris Peterson is a 30-year-old paperboy who still lives with his parents and who seems to have an ever decreasing grip on reality.

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Episodes by season

Season0122Episodes1990–91AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Get a Life S01E01Terror on the Hell Loop 2000September 23, 1990Chris talks Larry into taking the day off for the world premiere of the Hell Loop 2000, a 360 degree looped rollercoaster, where they get st
  2. S01E02Get a Life S01E02The Prettiest Week of My LifeSeptember 30, 1990Chris decides to enter the exciting world of male modeling when he joins the Handsome Boy School of Modeling.
  3. S01E03Get a Life S01E03DadicusOctober 7, 1990Chris convinces his father to accompany him to the father-son competition at the annual newspaper boy picnic.
  4. S01E04Get a Life S01E04A Family AffairOctober 14, 1990Sharon's sister, Charleen, comes to visit and she is taken with Chris' charm, much to Sharon's chagrin.
  5. S01E05Get a Life S01E05Pile of DeathOctober 21, 1990Chris tries to raise money to help save a playground, so he tries to set a world record by having the most things piled on top of him.
  6. S01E06Get a Life S01E06Paperboy 2000November 4, 1990The newspaper fires all the paper boys and replaces them with the Paperboy 2000, a paper delivering robotic vehicle, so Chris challenges it
  7. S01E07Get a Life S01E07Drivers LicenseNovember 11, 1990There's a new waitress at the local diner, and Chris wants to take her out, but he needs to drive a car for the date. His problem is he nev
  8. S01E08Get a Life S01E08The SittingNovember 18, 1990Chris becomes a house sitter in an old Victorian house that appears to be haunted.
  9. S01E09Get a Life S01E09Bored StraightDecember 2, 1990While delivering papers in the bad side of town, Chris meets a group of young hoodlums and he decides to ""take back the streets"" by helpin
  10. S01E10Get a Life S01E10Zoo Animals on WheelsDecember 16, 1990Much to Sharon's dismay, Chris auditions for and gets the lead part in a local community theatre production of Andrew Todd Keller's musical
  11. S01E11Get a Life S01E11RootsJanuary 6, 1991Chris finds proof that makes him think he is adopted, so he sets off to find his natural parents, an Amish couple.
  12. S01E12Get a Life S01E12The Counterfeit Watch StoryFebruary 3, 1991Chris goes to work for the police in a sting operation after he buys a counterfeit watch, the Chrono-Sync 2000.
  13. S01E13Get a Life S01E13Chris vs. DonaldFebruary 10, 1991At the family reunion Chris is still struggling to get out from under the shadow of his cousin.
  14. S01E14Get a Life S01E14Chris Wins a CelebrityFebruary 24, 1991Chris wins a weekend with his favorite talk show host, a contest the host first regrets he agreed to, but later Chris regrets he entered, wh
  15. S01E15Get a Life S01E15Houseboy 2000March 10, 1991After destroying her kitchen, Chris becomes Sharon's slave to work off the $2000 in damage and she also breaks his will.
  16. S01E16Get a Life S01E16MarriedMarch 24, 1991During one day, Chris meets his soulmate, marries her and goes through an entire relationship with her.
  17. S01E17Get a Life S01E17Camping 2000March 31, 1991Chris and Larry join Mr. Peterson on a camping trip, when Mr. Peterson manages to lose them, the hungry boys eat some berries that cause the
  18. S01E18Get a Life S01E18The Construction Worker ShowApril 7, 1991Chris becomes a construction worker with the men who are renovating his parents kitchen. When they tell him one of their trade secrets, Chri
  19. S01E19Get a Life S01E19The Big CityApril 21, 1991Chris loses his wallet in the big city, and the big city give him the key to the city and other perks to make him feel better.
  20. S01E20Get a Life S01E20Neptune 2000April 28, 1991When Chris was 12 he got a job as a paperboy so he could buy a submarine from the back of a comic book. Four to six hundred weeks later whe
  21. S01E21Get a Life S01E21The One Where Chris and Larry Switch LivesMay 12, 1991Chris and Larry ignore an Indian curse and wind up switching places.
  22. S01E22Get a Life S01E22Psychic 2000May 19, 1991Chris has a near death experience and is endowed with prescience and he sees a vision of Sharon being murdered.

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0213Episodes1991–92AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01Get a Life S02E01Chris Moves OutNovember 9, 1991Chris turns 31 and decides it's time to move out, so he goes in search of a new place to live and he moves into Gus' garage.
  2. S02E02Get a Life S02E02Larry on the LooseNovember 16, 1991Larry takes off after to listening to Chris reminding him of everything wrong with his life. So Chris goes in search of Larry and when he fa
  3. S02E03Get a Life S02E03Meat Locker 2000November 23, 1991Chris and Sharon show their true feelings when they become trapped in a meat locker together.
  4. S02E04Get a Life S02E04Health Inspector 2000November 30, 1991After finding a dead rat in his carton of milk, Chris decides to become a food inspector.
  5. S02E05Get a Life S02E05Chris Gets His Tonsils OutDecember 7, 1991Chris must deal with the fact he is ready to undergo ""major"" surgery and he begins by trying to make peace with Sharon.
  6. S02E06Get a Life S02E06Prisoner of LoveDecember 14, 1991When his pen-pal gets released from prison, she comes to stay with Chris. She takes him hostage when the police come after her when she sta
  7. S02E07Get a Life S02E07Chris Becomes a Male EscortDecember 21, 1991Chris decides on a whim to become a male escort, hoping for free plays and dates with young women. What he gets is a elderly woman who is ha
  8. S02E08Get a Life S02E08Girlfriend 2000January 12, 1992After getting hit by her car, Chris falls for (and stalks) a doctor, later while stalking her, he starts getting stalked by the girl from th
  9. S02E09Get a Life S02E09Chris' Brain Starts WorkingJanuary 19, 1992Exposure to toxic waste, found under Gus' house, turns Chris into a genius and with Gus he proceeds to enter and win spelling bees.
  10. S02E10Get a Life S02E10Bad FishFebruary 2, 1992After eating bad shellfish, Sharon and Gus get amnesia, and Chris seizes the opportunity to convince them that they are his best friends.
  11. S02E11Get a Life S02E11SPEWEY and MeFebruary 9, 1992When an alien crashes in Gus' front yard, Chris tries to keep it from the government, but this alien is nothing like E.T. or ALF.
  12. S02E12Get a Life S02E121977 2000March 1, 1992Chris time travels to save Gus' career as a law enforcement officer. However he soon discovers the trouble with messing with the past which
  13. S02E13Get a Life S02E13Clip ShowMarch 8, 1992While on his first jet airplane flight, Chris falls out, and is disappointed when his life flashes before his eyes and it only covers the pa

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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